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Originally Posted by --sexy-warlock--  Is there a reason why most HD on Dish is compressed so much more? |
To make room for all of those effing locals?
Seriously, there are only so many transponders on a bird. The TP can operate in CONUS, Spotbeam, or Hybrid (mixed) modes. There are only a couple of hundred CONUS channels, and a few hundred regional sports and PPV channels. Then there are the hundreds upon hundreds of local channels, SD and HD, which they also choose to carry. When Voom operated their own bird, they didn't do locals at all, because there wasn't room for them
and quality national High-Def programming.